Nutrition Quality of Some Food Fish

Abstract

The proximate compositions and amino acid make-up of silver jew fish ( Jolmius
argentatus), Indian halibut ( Psettodes erumei), grey mullet ( Jvlugil cephalus) and
pearl spot ( Etroplus suratensis) are reported. Calorific values of these fishes have beencalculated from their proximate compositions and their amino acid make-up comparedwith the available daila for beef and egg. From the study, pearl spot is adjudgedto be the most nutritive among the fishes studied, followed by Indian halibut, greymullet and silver jew fish.